The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has withdrawn its two-month-old decision of giving the roads department exclusive rights on these roads.
This development came after the civic body was bombarded with complaints of slow work.
Now, BMC has appointed a nodal officer at each of the 24 wards for monitoring and fixing of potholes. The civic body has also assured that potholed roads wider than 6 metres-plus will also get quick attention here on.
For those unversed, before monsoon, the BMC gave the roads department full responsibility of fixing potholes on roads of 6-plus meters in width. However, this led to delay in repair works, alleged activists.
Therefore, in a meeting held last week, the BMC administration appointed the assistant municipal commissioner (AMC) at each ward as the nodal officer for repair works, sources said.
According to the plan, a team of civic officials will survey their respective wards and identify potholes. The AMC will then inform the contractor appointed by the BMC’s roads department. The contractor will then send the workers to fix the potholes.
Ward officials will use machinery as well as coordinate with the central agency of the roads department, said AMC P Velrasu.
Meanwhile, activists exclaimed that this change would still not address the main concern—quick repair of poor roads. Hence, it would make no difference unless the ward officials are given the full authority to fix potholes.
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